The shape of the female fitness curve for Cynoglossum officinale: Quantifying seed dispersal and seedling survival in the field

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 351-356

  Rademaker, Mariëlle C J ^a   De Jong, T J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female fitness; Germination and survival; Local resource competition; Seed dispersal; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

HERMAPHRODITISM; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING;

CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033060796     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00263.x     Document Type: Article

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